Global maps of monthly self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI) based on Climatic Research Unit Time Series (CRU TS) data
PDSI consists of global maps of monthly self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI)
which have been calculated for selected periods of time based on the CRU TS data sets. The PDSI datasets are produced by KMNI in partnership with the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia.
The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) is a measure of soil moisture availability that has been used extensively to study droughts and wet spells in the contiguous USA and elsewhere, particularly as the primary indicator of the severity and extent of recent droughts. Recently, the PDSI has become more popular as a drought metric in studies quantifying possible trends in future soil moisture availability and it has been used as the basis for reconstructing past variations in drought.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2013-12-17T21:11:28
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2013-12-17T21:11:28
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 0ce9f24ff8719cced7f407694466c2ed
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- Not defined
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- All data within this dataset collection are available to any registered CEDA user.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2009-12-31T00:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Contact data centre for format details.
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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G. van der Schrier et al. (2013) Reference
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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G. van der Schrier et al. (2013) Reference
No further details.
- Quality Scope
- series
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 0ce9f24ff8719cced7f407694466c2ed XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2024-04-19T00:41:37
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3